- Form Request array syntax: Convert pipe (|) delimited validation rules from strings into an array of validation rules while using Laravel Rule objects where available

- Streamline order methods: Streamline query builder orderBy calls with asc and desc arguments.
- delete some old Request-Clases

app/Http/Controllers/Frontend/SitelinkController.php

@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ class SitelinkController extends Controller
                 ->whereYear('server_date_published', '>=', $from)
                 ->whereYear('server_date_published', '<', $until);
 
-            $documents = $select->orderBy('publish_id', 'asc')
+            $documents = $select->orderBy('publish_id')
                 ->get();
 
             //$this->years = Dataset::select(DB::raw('YEAR(server_date_modified) as server_date_modified'))

app/Http/Controllers/Publish/DoiController.php

@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ class DoiController extends Controller
     {
         $datasets = Dataset::query()
             ->has('identifier')
-            ->orderBy('server_date_modified', 'desc')
+            ->orderByDesc('server_date_modified')
             ->get();
         return View::make('workflow.doi.index', [
             'datasets' => $datasets,

app/Http/Controllers/Publish/EditorController.php

@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ class EditorController extends Controller
                 $query->whereIn('server_state', ['editor_accepted', 'rejected_reviewer', 'reviewed', 'published'])
                     ->where('editor_id', $user_id)->doesntHave('identifier', 'and');
             })
-            ->orderBy('server_date_modified', 'desc')
+            ->orderByDesc('server_date_modified')
             ->get();
         // return View::make('workflow.editor.index', compact('datasets'));
         return View::make('workflow.editor.index', [

app/Http/Controllers/Publish/SubmitController.php

@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ class SubmitController extends Controller
             'released', 'editor_accepted', 'approved', 'reviewed', 'rejected_editor', 'rejected_reviewer'])
             ->where('account_id', $user_id)
             ->with('user:id,login')
-            ->orderBy('server_date_modified', 'desc')
+            ->orderByDesc('server_date_modified')
             ->get();
         return View::make('workflow.submitter.index', [
             'datasets' => $myDatasets,

app/Http/Controllers/Settings/Access/UserController.php

@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ class UserController extends Controller
         //}
 
         $users = User::with('roles')
-            ->orderBy('id', 'DESC')
+            ->orderByDesc('id')
             ->paginate(5);
         return view('settings.access.user.user', compact('users'))
             ->with('i', ($request->input('page', 1) - 1) * 5);